Police Bills Delayed in General Assembly Meantime Other Measures Advancing
Measures affecting the Frederick Police Department and city finances remain unintroduced a week after being handed to lawmakers. Delegation members say they do not know when bills will be offered as deadlines loom and the session nears its April end.
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City Register
General Assembly
Police Department
Chamber of Commerce
Frederick City
House of Delegates
Roads Board
Frederick County Roads Board
John B. Funk
Senate
House
Harold Frushour
Prushour
Arch Bishop Spellman in minor car crash after London arrival
Arch bishop Francis J. Spellman of New York, after arriving from Algiers, was involved in a minor motor car crash in London. He was not injured and continued with his schedule.
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London
Francis J. Spellman
New York
United States
Italy
North Africa
Britain
Algiers
Sealed Nazi murders wipe out Polish Jewish towns
London dispatch reports the Polish government in exile says German secret police killed the entire Jewish populations of four Polish towns. Radomsk and three others including Ujazd, Radzymin, and Szc zerzec lost at least 35 000 Jews, with Radomsk home to about 40 000 residents half of them Jewish.
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London
Radomsk
Ujazd
Radzymin
Szczerzec
Thas
Tax plan clash over pay as you earn scheme
Washington March 1 The Ways and Means Committee issued a majority report attacking the Ruml plan to drop 1942 taxes to push a pay as you earn system. It argues forgiveness shifts tax burden to others, warns against experiments, and notes hardship from paying two years in one year.
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Washington
Imouse Ways and Means Committee
Peter
Paul
Charman Doughton
D-N.c
A. S
Congress
Lane Committee
Allen
R-Ii
Extra Gas For Ride Sharers
Local ration officials report no official information on a statement by Price Administrator Prentiss M. Brown. He said East gasoline supplements depend on forming ride sharing clubs. Car owners may get extra rations for work travel starting March 22 if they join a club carrying three or more people.
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Prentiss M. Brown
Brown
Campaign drives 40 conversions from oil to coal this winter
Government backed campaign to shift households from oil to coal recorded about forty conversions in city and county over the past winter. With warmer days nearing, conversions slow as coal supply uncertainties and strike threats loom. Many oil users have exhausted Period 5 coupons and Period 4 coupons, now largely invalid after April.
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War Price and Rationing Board
Allied forces tighten Tunisian front near Gafsa and Mareth
Allied Infantry and Armor position forces at Gafsa and El Guetar within 60 miles of Rommel’s coastal road. Patton and Montgomery’s commands face dust and rain storms slowing tanks and air operations as they brace for a major engagement in the Tunisia campaign. The Allied air arm is gaining air superiority as fighters and bombers coordinate to nullify Axis positions.
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North Africa
Gafsa
el Guetar
Marshal Erwit Rommel
George 5. Patton
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Allied
Western Desert Air Force
Egypt
Libya
RAF
Tunisia
Mareth
Henri Giraud
Algiers
Carroll Bills Approved As Eight Measures Move Forward
Seven Carroll county bills, passed by both General Assembly houses, were signed into law by Governor O'Conor. An eighth bill passed the House and was sent to the Governor. Measures include salary hikes for the State's Attorney and chief deputy sheriff, powers for Carroll County Commissioners over almshouse assets and road district planning, authority to receive civilian records, and tax deed certification. A separate note reports Major Warren Evans promoted to major and reassigned to the Army Air Corps with family at Miami Beach.
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Carroll County
General Assembly
O’conor
Associated Press
House
al Ready
Senate
anyCivilian Defense
Red Cross
Victory
United States
Maryland
Caroll County
Manpower and Rationing Focus of Weekend Review
Washington outlines wartime policy shifts on manpower and rationing as the administration leans toward voluntary measures and work deferral. It notes possible national service legislation, changes in essential-occupation definitions, and continued efforts to trim nonessential spending. Also covered are meat procurement concerns, fuel and transport savings, and the ongoing pay-as-you-go tax discussions amid deadlines for war bond payments.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Eden in Washington Shifts Focus to Soviet Pact
British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden arrives in Washington as policy discussions center on the Eden Molotov pact and Western questions about future Russo Western security arrangements. Vice President Wallace warns that no satisfactory understanding could risk a third world war.
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Washington
Anthony Edren
Russia
Eden
Wallace
William Strang
Britain
Molotov
London
United States
Attacks Reported On Kiska And Munda Bases
Navy communique details aerial assaults on Kiska in the North Pacific and Munda in the Solomon Islands. On March 18 Liberator and B-25 bombers, with P-38 escorts, attacked Kiska twice with no confirmed results. A March 20 Wildcat strafing at Munda marked the 96th raid on that Solomons base this month.
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Washington
Kiska
North Pacific
Munda
South Pacific
Navy
Grumman
Solomons
Guadalcanal
Sulfanilamide Used To Control Rheumatic Fever
Baltimore March 20 The use of sulfanilamide as a deterrent against rheumatic fever is reported by Johns Hopkins physicians Helen B Taussig and Caroline A Chandler They caution against home use due to dangerous toxic effects and note the drug is not a cure but helps prevent recurrent attacks when prescribed by qualified doctors
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Baltimore
Helen B. Taussig
Caroline A. Chandler
Johns Hopkins
Dry Taussy
Chandler
Notices Mailed To Registrants In Final March Selective Service Call
Notices to registrants in the final March Selective Service call of local Draft Board One went out though officials could not release the names. Those who pass the examination and are accepted for Army service will have their names released after information is received from the Baltimore induction center. The final call is expected to be smaller than the first two calls, which summoned about 80 registrants each for final physicals, with around 200 for the Marca quota. Board Two also reportedly issued a final March call.
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Baltimore
Gkitela Nivale
New York Rail Stocks Rebound After Early Dip
In New York on March 20 rail stocks regained equilibrium after an initial decline and selling dried up markedly elsewhere in today’s market.
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New York
German Push Threatens Russ Lines Of Defense
Moscow reports Soviet forces grind forward along the Donets east and southeast of Kharkov as German units pour into the sector. The Red Army claims gains along the Dnieper front toward Smolensk with heavy fighting and German losses, while mud and weather hinder large operations.
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Moscow
Red Army
Donets
Kharkov
Russims
Smolensk
Pravda
Communist Party
Dneper
Vyasma-Smolensk
Russians Admit Losses as German Tank Forces Push Near Kharkov
London reports confirm Soviet acknowledgment of two more Donets towns fallen below Kharkov as German tanks and infantry push forward at heavy cost. Belgorod recapture claim by Germany not corroborated by Soviet sources. On the Smolensk drive, 400 Germans killed south of Izheskhove as defense lines fell.
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Donets
Red Army
Lesses
London
Donels
Kharkov
Bate
Belgorod
Driv
Smolensk
Izheskhove
Gas Station Robbery Narrow in Middletown
Thieves broke into Charlie Keller’s filling station at the east end of Middle Street Middletown injuring a hand but escaped with a small loot including cigars and soft drinks. Five gallons of gasoline were drained from a nearby tank at Millard Derr’s feed store. the store was not entered. Authorities say a later attempt to start a car in a locked wash room failed. Deputy Sheriff Paul B. Rhoads and State Police Corp. Elwood O’Hara led the investigation. Sea gulls numbering about twenty were spotted in H. J. Orth meadow west of Frederick, likely due to fog disorientation.
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Charlie Keller
Middletown
Leo Onty
Millard Derr
Keller
Middlestown
Fire Chief Killed At Blaze In St. Louis
St. Louis March 2004 Joseph W. Morgan chief of the St. Louis Fire Department was trapped and killed in a building collapse while directing firefighting efforts. Several other firefighters were trapped amid a badly damaged five story structure operated by Goodwill Industries during the blaze.
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St. Louis
Joseph W. Morgan
St. Loui
Chel Morgan
Quimes
Blood Donor Days Planned in Preduevick March 30 31
The Red Cross Blood Donor unit will visit Frederick County March 30 31 with hours 1 to 8 pm first day and 10 am to 3 30 pm second day. Appointments are urged via Red Cross at the Francis Scott Key hotel. Last visit yielded 190 pints. Magee urges 4 000 000 more units this year.
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Vevick
Red Cross
Joias Bank
Frederick
Calvary Methodist Church
Francis Scott Key Hotel
James C. Magee
U.S. Army
Frederick County
Department of Red Cross
Prisoner Faints in Local Restaurant En Route to Penitentiary
A prisoner being moved by U S marshals from Washington to Lewisburg fainted in a West Patrick Street restaurant. Richard L. Withite, 18, sentenced for murder to 15 years to life, recovered after local medical aid and continued to the penitentiary.
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West Patrick Street
United States
Federal Penitentiary
Lewisburg
A. P. Hare
John Shafirt
A. G. Dennis
Richard L. Withite
Fife
Washington
Wilhite
R. O
Withite
O Connor plans tax cut and further relief measures
Maryland Governor O Connor announced plans to sign a one third reduction in state income taxes Monday night in Annapolis. He also said new legislation would be presented to allow additional deductions, including federal victory tax, medical expenses, and pension or annuity benefits for armed forces service in 1943.
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Annapolis
O'Conor
Public sale of Mrs Raabe’s property at 26 South Market
The 26 South Market Street property belonging to Mrs Sophie H Raabe was sold on the premises to Gilmore R Flautt of this city for 7278 dollars. The brick dwelling has twelve rooms on three floors. A personal property sale followed the real estate sale. Jacoy Rohrback acted as attorney and Em mert A Bowlus as auctioneer.
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Madison Street
Court House
Gilmore R. Flautt
Tne
Johan H. Suter
Aston Y. Bennett
Wil
M Storm
Coustess
John W. Nut
Sophie H. Raabe
South Market Street
Jacoy Rohrback
Emmert A. Bowlus
Extension Of Coal Parley To May 1 Is Proposed
The United Mine Workers propose extending coal contract negotiations to May 1 for northern and southern Appalachian soft coal areas with retroactive effect to April 1. The current contract expires March 1 and talks began March 10. Operators offered no immediate reply as conferences adjourned to 2 p.m. today.
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New York
Appalachian
White Hollow
Roosevelt
United Mine Workers
I Negottating Committee
United Mine Workers of America
John L. Lewis
UMW
EWT
Lewis
Apell 1
Nazis Claim 32 Cargo Ships Sunk In Atlantic Convoy
German radio dispatch reported by the Associated Press says Nazi submarines sank 32 cargo ships totaling 204000 tons and a destroyer in a major Atlantic attack on an Englishbound Allied convoy. No Allied confirmation.
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Associated Press
DNB
Berlin
Atlantic
Feared Indictment Nitti Kills Himself
Frank Nitti chief of the Capone syndicate and known as the underworld brains killed himself after learning of a nine count indictment for extortion. He fired a shot near a Riverside railroad embankment close to his home, ending the crime spectacle surrounding his gang leadership.
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Chicago
Frank Nittis
Cated
Capone
New York
Riverside
Jap Counter Attack Smashed By Chinese
Chinese communique reports a Japanese counter-attack south of the Yangtao drives in Hupeh Hunan border region was smashed after a retreat of eight columns. Chinese forces repelled the assault and maintained positions along the border.
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Chungking
Yangtao
Hupeh-Hunan
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Maxim Litvinoff
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